WU YINGXIAN

BIOGRAPHY

Born in Shuyang county, Jiangsu Province in September 1900,
Studied in the Shanghai Fine Arts Junior College,1919– 1921;
Taught fine arts in the Shuyang County High School,1923 – 1927;
Employed as painter by the Shanghai Yijing Scene Company,1928 – 1930,
Photographer of the Shanghai Hongdeng Photo Studio, 1930 -1932;
Art Director of the Shanghai Tianyi Film Company, 1932 – 1934;
Photographer of the Shanghai Diantong Film Industry Company, Mingxing Film Company, 1935 – 1937;
Head of the Film Group of the General Political Department of the Yan’an 8th Route Army, 1938 – 1946;
Technical department head and deputy studio director of the Northeast Film Studio, 1946 – 1948;
Director of the Northeast Film Studio,1949 – 1954;

The Deputy Dean of the Beijing Film Academy and also the director of the photography department, 1955 – 1970;
Member of the Culture Team of State Council, 1970 – 1974;
Advisor of the Film Bureau of the Ministry of Culture, 1977 – 1982;

Past away in Beijing on September 1994.